Aya
Girl · AH-ya · Arabic
Aya is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “sign, miracle, verse”. In 2025 it ranked 235th for girls in the UK (221 babies) and 644th for girls in the US (449 babies).
What does Aya mean?
Arabic
“sign, miracle, verse”
In Arabic an aya is a verse of the Quran; Aya is also a Japanese name meaning 'colour, design'.
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Is Aya a girl's or a boy's name?
Aya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 221 girls in the UK and 449 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #235among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 221about 1 in 1,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 221 girls in the UK were named Aya, making it the 235th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 335th.
2025 had the most girls named Aya of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Aya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 572 girls in the UK were given Aya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #108, up from #235 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 221st in England and Wales and 359th in Scotland.
Aya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 221 | #235 |
| 2024 | 213 | #248 |
| 2023 | 216 | #236 |
| 2022 | 178 | #285 |
| 2021 | 200 | #261 |
| 2020 | 147 | #335 |
| 2019 | 144 | #349 |
| 2018 | 158 | #328 |
| 2017 | 138 | #370 |
| 2016 | 136 | #375 |
| 2015 | 113 | #434 |
| 2014 | 104 | #465 |
| 2013 | 99 | #465 |
| 2012 | 101 | #481 |
| 2011 | 91 | #511 |
| 2010 | 81 | #545 |
| 2009 | 89 | #503 |
| 2008 | 63 | #648 |
| 2007 | 69 | #586 |
| 2006 | 57 | #638 |
| 2005 | 60 | #607 |
| 2004 | 43 | #716 |
| 2003 | 40 | #741 |
| 2002 | 39 | #722 |
| 2001 | 33 | #800 |
| 2000 | 22 | #1,043 |
| 1999 | 13 | #1,493 |
| 1998 | 17 | #1,238 |
| 1997 | 12 | #1,559 |
| 1996 | 16 | #1,244 |
How popular is Aya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #644among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 449about 1 in 3,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 449 girls in the US were named Aya, making it the 644th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 789th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 469 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the girls named Aya in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 758 girls in the US were given Aya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #432, up from #644 for this spelling alone.
- Aya 449
- Ayah 309
Aya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 449 | #644 |
| 2024 | 469 | #630 |
| 2023 | 415 | #695 |
| 2022 | 388 | #745 |
| 2021 | 351 | #803 |
| 2020 | 345 | #789 |
| 2019 | 384 | #738 |
| 2018 | 368 | #749 |
| 2017 | 350 | #785 |
| 2016 | 327 | #861 |
| 2015 | 309 | #892 |
| 2014 | 272 | #979 |
| 2013 | 236 | #1,046 |
| 2012 | 253 | #999 |
| 2011 | 222 | #1,111 |
| 2010 | 235 | #1,054 |
| 2009 | 214 | #1,174 |
| 2008 | 209 | #1,216 |
| 2007 | 206 | #1,215 |
| 2006 | 176 | #1,327 |
| 2005 | 179 | #1,259 |
| 2004 | 176 | #1,238 |
| 2003 | 161 | #1,290 |
| 2002 | 177 | #1,160 |
| 2001 | 171 | #1,192 |
| 2000 | 110 | #1,600 |
| 1999 | 93 | #1,730 |
| 1998 | 86 | #1,798 |
| 1997 | 87 | #1,747 |
| 1996 | 56 | #2,337 |
| 1995 | 58 | #2,277 |
| 1994 | 49 | #2,536 |
| 1993 | 46 | #2,634 |
| 1992 | 43 | #2,772 |
| 1991 | 33 | #3,295 |
| 1990 | 36 | #3,073 |
| 1989 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,010 |
| 1987 | 27 | #3,328 |
| 1986 | 20 | #4,026 |
| 1985 | 17 | #4,453 |
| 1984 | 22 | #3,612 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 17 | #4,343 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,244 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,424 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
Names like Aya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Aya
Ayah Ayaa
Names related to Aya
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